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US 10,990,088 Term ended
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Term ended Oct 17, 2026 · High confidence

Filed Aug 21, 2018 as application 16/107,365 · Granted Apr 27, 2021
Base term plus 120 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
Term ended Oct 17, 2026
2006 2026
Clock starts
Jun 19, 2006
Term ended
Oct 17, 2026
Granted
Apr 27, 2021
base term patent term adjustment after the term ends fee events Updated Nov 14, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 14, 2026 and grant & fee data published Nov 10, 2026 (weekly) · how we know
120
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
1 of 1
Maintenance fees paid
One maintenance fee can end this term early, the one due 3.5 years from grant; the next one's grace period runs past the term end. This counts it if the record shows it paid.
7
Family applications on record here
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This patent's term runs 120 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. Confidence: High. from the record

How we calculated this date

One row per rule, each showing its own input and what it did to the date. A step we could not verify says so instead of resolving itself.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Jun 19, 2006, when application 11/425,066, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Aug 21, 2018)Jun 19, 2026High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+120 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordOct 17, 2026High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events1 of 1 maintenance fees paidterm endedHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderOct 17, 2026High confidence

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US 9,519,284Lapsed on the fee record
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US 10,133,267Term ended
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US 10,067,501Term ended
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US 10,990,088this patent
Oct 2026
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US 10,809,706In force
Dec 2026
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The applications whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.

Assignments

Assignment documents as recorded at the USPTO, oldest first, with the reel and frame each was recorded at. A recorded assignment is a filed document, not a statement of current ownership, and the absence of a later one is not evidence that the last one still stands.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
Aug 21, 2018
Reel 46883, frame 892
Wurman, Peter R.; D'andrea, Raffaello; Barbehenn, Michael T.; Hoffman, Andrew E.; Mountz, Michael C.Kiva Systems, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Aug 21, 2018
Reel 46883, frame 918
Kiva Systems, Inc.Kiva Systems LLCChange of Name
Aug 21, 2018
Reel 46894, frame 412
Kiva Systems LLCAmazon Technologies, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest

Sources

Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO

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